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IND vs ENG | Virat Kohli makes his intentions clear ahead of T20I series: 'New week, new format, same mission'

Following India's 3-1 series triumph in Tests, the Indian skipper says the mission stays the same for the five-match T20 series, beginning in Ahmedabad from Friday.

Written by: India TV Sports Desk New Delhi Published : Mar 11, 2021 11:49 IST, Updated : Mar 11, 2021 13:56 IST
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Image Source : TWITTER/VIRAT KOHLI

Indian skipper Virat Kohli during a training session at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

With a day to go for the India-England T20 series in Ahmedabad, Indian skipper Virat Kohli made his intentions clear that they want continue their marauding run against the visiting side where they dealt heavy blow to the English side in a morale-boosting 3-1 series win.

Kohli took to Twitter to share his photos from the training and captioned it: "New week, new format, same mission. Let's get it. "

The Indian skipper needs another 72 runs to reach another career milestone. The 32-year-old batsman is currently the highest run-scorer in the T20 international format at 2928 runs in 85 matches and scoring a further 72 runs will make him the first batsman to score 3k runs in the shortest format.

In 79 innings in the format, he has scored at a stunning average of 50.48 and strike rate of 138.43 including 25 fifties. His batting average is the second-highest (min. 800 runs) in T20I cricket after Dawid Malan of England.

At the moment, he is 91 runs ahead of New Zealand opener Martin Guptill in the most runs scored in the T20I chart, followed by compatriot Rohit Sharma, who has 2773 runs to his name in 71 matches.

Kohli's first opportunity to enter the club will be against England on Friday as both sides square off in a five-match T20I series in Ahmedabad.

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